Timken Drives Global Workforce Efficiency and Productivity with Accenture and SAP
WALLDORF, Germany and NEW YORK; May 29, 2014 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) is moving its human resources (HR) system into the cloud to drive efficiency and improve productivity across its global workforce. The new system, implemented by Accenture (NYSE: ACN), is based on HR cloud solutions from SuccessFactors, an SAP company. It allows Timken to manage its workforce with a single set of global processes and clear global governance at a significantly lower operating and maintenance cost. read

May 27, 2014

Zurich Insurance PLC Expands Use of Accenture’s Software to Rapidly Deploy Products and Improve Customer Service
NEW YORK; May 27, 2014 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced today that global insurer Zurich has expanded its use of Accenture Duck Creek Policy for their general insurance business in the United Kingdom. The new system will help enable Zurich to more rapidly develop, deploy and process insurance products and improve customer service across multiple lines of business. read

February 05, 2014

Accenture Joins Forces with MIT Professional Education to Launch New Business Process Innovation Training and Certification Program
NEW YORK; Feb. 5, 2014 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN), working in collaboration with MIT Professional Education, the engineering, science, and technology training arm of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have launched the Accenture Business Process Innovation Academy, a new training and certification program designed to help employees gain expertise in the key technologies that are driving today’s Business Process services, including outsourcing. In turn, these employees can use this knowledge to help clients innovate and achieve business outcomes such as increased revenue or decreased costs beyond operations.

Accenture Expands its Digital Capabilities in API Management Through Strategic Relationship with Apigee
New York and Palo Alto, Calif.; Aug. 1, 2013 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Apigee, which develops software to help customers build mobile platforms with apps, data and APIs, have expanded their relationship, forming a global alliance to deliver solutions that help clients more easily build mobile applications and connect enterprise systems.

Accenture and GE Form Global Strategic Alliance to Develop Advanced Applications that Leverage Industrial Strength Big Data to Drive Efficiency and Productivity
SAN FRANCISCO, CA; June 18, 2013 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and GE (NYSE: GE) have formed a strategic global alliance to develop technology and analytics applications that help companies across a range of industries take advantage of the massive amounts of industrial strength big data that is generated through their business operations. The alliance expands on Accenture and GE’s relationship announced in 2012 with the establishment of Taleris - a joint venture to deliver a co-developed, web-based prognostics service for aircraft parts and systems which helps manage preventive maintenance.

SSE Selects Accenture for Major Transformation Projects
LONDON; May 28, 2013 – SSE, a leading electricity and gas company operating mainly in the UK and Ireland, has selected Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to help it with two significant projects to improve its customer offer and field force effectiveness.

Chief Financial Officers Extend Strategic Influence and See Technology As Increasingly Important, Study from Accenture and Oracle Finds
NEW YORK; REDWOOD SHORES, CA – May 23, 2013 – The role of the CFO has gained strategic influence over the past three years, according to 71 percent of CFOs, and converging technologies such as big data, cloud computing, mobile and social media are increasingly important to their ability to deliver cost savings and growth, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and Oracle.

Accenture Builds Digital Social Platform for Unilever Global Marketing in 12 Weeks
LONDON; May 2, 2013 – In just 12 weeks, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has built and implemented a new digital social platform for Unilever that will help connect its marketers, brand managers and partners in 190 countries. The implementation – which is built on the Salesforce Platform and leverages Salesforce Chatter, the enterprise social networking technology – enables Unilever marketers to share knowledge, best practices and creative assets across the network.

AUSTIN, Texas; March 27, 2013 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is opening a delivery center in Austin, Texas, to provide software development and support as well as consulting and technology services for the company’s health and public sector work across North America.

Quixa SpA Italy and AXA MedLA Go Live With Accenture’s Policy Software to Drive Product Development and Increase Customer Satisfaction

NEW YORK; March 13, 2013 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced Quixa SpA Italy has gone into production with Accenture Duck Creek Rating product, enabling the motor insurer to improve their rating capabilities and enhance their existing business management processes.